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ringer noun 1 someone or something that rings a bell, etc. 2 someone who rings the legs of birds. 3 (also dead ringer) originally US, now colloq someone or something that is almost identical to another. 4 chiefly US a horse or athlete entered into a race or competition under a false name or other false pretences. 5 chiefly US colloq an impostor or fake. 6 curling a stone lying within the circle round either tee. 7 a a quoit thrown so as to encircle the pin it is aimed at; b such a throw. 8 Austral a station hand or stockman. 9 Austral colloq an expert, originally the fastest shearer in a shed. be a (dead) ringer for or of someone or something to resemble them or it very closely.
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